Bisexuality and the Eroticism of Everyday Life

ISBN-13: 9781138171572 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 624 str.

Marjorie B. Garber; Merjorie Garber

Opis

In this witty and scrupulously researched book, Garber examines bisexuality through a variety of critical lenses--cultural, literal, and psychological. She explores what "normal" is, and points out how difficult it is to make claims about someone's sexuality. of photos.

Recenzje

"Garber's book is one of those seriously researched books that covers every facet of this topic, including a look at celebrity bisexuals thorugh history, like Georgia O'Keeffe and Virginia Woolf." -- Curve
"Marjorie Garber has written with great intelligence about bisexuality and she should probably get out of Dodge as fast as possible." -- Rita Mae Brown, Los Angeles Times Book Review
"After reading Bisexuality I find myself willing to reinterpret the narrative of my own personal history." -- Edmund White

Spis treści

Introduction; Part 1: Bi Ways; Chapter 1: Bi Words; Chapter 2: Bi Sexual Politics; Chapter 3: Fatal Attractions; Chapter 4: No Scandal in Bohemia; Chapter 5: Bisexuality and Celebrity; Part 2: Bi-ology; Chapter 6: The Secret of Tiresias; Chapter 7: Freud and the Golden Fliess; Chapter 8: Androgyny and Its Discontents; Chapter 9: Ellis in Wonderland; Chapter 10: Standard Deviations; Chapter 11: The Return to Biology; Chapter 12: On the Other Hand; Part 3: Bi Laws; Chapter 13: Normal Schools; Chapter 14: Erotic Education; Chapter 15: “It's a Phase”; Chapter 16: Family Values; Chapter 17: Marriages of Inconvenience; Part 4: Bi Sex; Chapter 18: Erotic Triangles; Chapter 19: Jealousy; Chapter 20: The Bisexual Plot; Chapter 21: Threesomes; Chapter 22: Vice Verses; Chapter 23: Epilogue

O autorze

Director of the Humanities Center at Harvard